prisons

To the Editor: “Tackling crime, Punishment” on March 20, 2014 was a great article. Why? Because what I saw from a distance (I’m incarcerated) was and possibly is the beginning of solid work by Elder Lamonte Williams of Diggs Memorial United Holy...

(pictured above: Ben Jealous delivers his address.) Like a plane that is rapidly losing altitude, America will fall if her people do not learn to embrace equality, according to former NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous. “There really is, at...

The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ), a national advocacy organization dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating youth under 18 in the adult criminal justice system, released a new report last week that takes a...

Community Service Award Honoree If you’re not registered to vote, Phyllis Walker will find you. Phyllis has long been a one-woman voter-registering powerhouse, visiting high schools, churches, jails and even shopping centers on Black Friday to...